When I was young I shut myself away
In a hallway locker by myself for the day.
It was dark and I was small
Didn’t know how to open it from the inside.

Teacher came by and unlocked it from the outside.
I saw how the slides worked and remembered
Next time I shut myself away I could open it myself.
So I shut myself away.

Soon I grew too big to fit in a locker
So I shut myself away in something else.
Just as dark but not as cold or hard
It can’t be unlocked from the outside.

Maybe if you climb inside with me you can see
The hallway through the locker through my eyes.
Together we can turn the slides
And at last be free.

When I was young I shut myself away
In a hallway locker by myself for the day.
It was dark and I was small
Didn’t know how to open it from the inside.

Childhood memory